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Secure server and method of operation for a distributed information system

US6105131A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 26, 1997
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2149
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A secure server in a secure distributed information system isolates interaction from terminals to specific personal vaults including and to only those personal vaults, creating a "virtual logon". The secure server includes a secure connection server coupled to the system and to a vault deposit server having personal vaults in which user specific vault processes execute on dedicated encrypted data, after authentication of the user by a vault supervisor. The supervisor forwards vault process results to the user through the browser.

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